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þrýþ-weorc

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þrýþ-weorc, es; n.

A splendidmighty work

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A splendid, mighty work Þrýðweorc ( a statue; v. the description: Wrætlíce wundorágræfen anlícnes engla ... torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworht ... anlícnes engelcynna ðæs brémestan, 1423-35; An. 712-8), Andr. Kmbl. 1546; An. 774

untíd-weorc

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untíd-weorc, es; n.

Unseasonable workwork done at a wrong time

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Unseasonable work, work done at a wrong time Geswícan untídweorces ( work done on Sunday ), Wulfst. 209, 27. Geswícan untídweorca, 221, 19

unriht-weorc

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unriht-weorc, es; n.

Improper work

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Improper work Be Sunnandæges unrihtweorcum de profanis operibus die Dominico, L. Ecg. C. 35, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 25

weoðo-bend

Similar entry: wiþo-bend

weorc-dæg

(n.)
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weorc-dæg, es; m.
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A work-day, any day, not a ' freólstíd, ' of the week but Sunday Weorcdæg feria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 4. Sealmas tó weorcdæge (ad feriam) gebyrigende, Anglia xiii. 402, 532. Ðam syxtan weorcdæge sexta feria, 404, 563. Worcdæge, 389, 348. Búton drihten*

weorc-geréfa

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weorc-geréfa, an; m.
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An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5

weorc-hús

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weorc-hús, es; n.
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A workshopWrt. Voc. i. 58, 23: Weorchús officina, ergasterium vel operatorium, 59, 6. Werchús ergasterium, 34, 54

weorc-líc

(adj.)
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weorc-líc, adj.
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Working, busy

weorc-stán

(n.)
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weorc-stán, es; m.
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stone for building Ne bið ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 38, 14, Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ealle cuce ðǽrinne forwyrce, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 322. a stone for building, a large stone Weorcstán saxum, Wrt

weorc-sum

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weorc-sum, adj.
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Grievous, noxious Deáðes beámes weorcsumne wæstm, Cd. Th. 37, 23; Gen. 594

weorc-þeów

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weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
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A slave who works, a bondman, a bondwoman, a slave, a thrall Ðá wearð unblíðe Abrahames cwén hire worcþeówe, Cd. Th. 136, 18 ; Gen. 2260. Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum ( si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem

dæg-weorc

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Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc . . ., Ll. Th. ii. 314, 18. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge and dægweorc tó nihte, Wlfst. 47, 8. Add

for-weoren

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>for-weoren</b> (-wer-, -wor-); adj. (ptcpl.) Withered away, very old, decrepit, worn out with age Decrepita i. vetula forweren valde senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 76. Forwered, forworen decrepita, i. inueterata, An. Ox. 2109. Eorðgráp

hwíl-wende

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Add: hwílende. of duration, temporary, not lasting long, not permanent Medemmicel hwíl is ꝥ g mé ne geseóð, and eft is lylel fæc ꝥ gé mé eft geseóð . . . Þeós hwílwende gesihð . . . Hml. A. 74, 40, Hí ná tó þǽre hwílendre ( ad illam momentaneam) mihtan

in-weorc

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in-weorc, es; n.
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Indoor work On wintra . . . mænige inweorc wyrcean, ðerhsan, wudu cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 24

on-wemme

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on-wemme, adj.
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Without blemish Heorte onwemme cor inmaculatum, Ps. Vos. 118, 80

un-wemme

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weorc-full

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Add: industrious, laborious Weorcfulran operosioris, An. Ox. 27, 20

weorc-stán

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weorc-stán, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hí ðǽr swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon . . . hí fundon ǽcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. Th. i. 23, 423. Add Hét hé niman Claudium and lǽdan tó sǽ and wurpan hine út mid ánum weorcstáne, Hml. S. 35, 226

weorc-úhta

(n.)
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weorc-úhta, the hour of matins on a day that is neither a Sunday nor a Saint&#39;s day (excepto Dominus diebus et festivitatibus sanctorum, Chrd. 23, 21)
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: — Weorcúhtan besceáwige se bisceop ꝥ se intervallum beó swá lang ꝥ . . . , Chrd. 24, 7